And the Lord said, “Look, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
Acts 2:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And there appeared to them tongues resembling fire, which were separated and distributed and which settled on each one of them. American Standard Version (1901) And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them. Common English Bible They saw what seemed to be individual flames of fire alighting on each one of them. Catholic Public Domain Version And there appeared to them separate tongues, as if of fire, which settled upon each one of them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there appeared to them parted tongues as it were of fire, and it sat upon every one of them: |
And the Lord said, “Look, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
Confuse, O Lord, confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
And I said, “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”
Is not my word like fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?
“I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I, and I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented.
They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?”
In those days Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters (together the crowd numbered about one hundred twenty persons) and said,
Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.”
And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.
to another the working of powerful deeds, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.
And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for one thousand two hundred sixty days, wearing sackcloth.”
Then I saw another angel flying in midheaven, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation and tribe and language and people.